Sign up to prepare a hot meal for Ojai Tent Town (OTT) Residents!

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​Our goal is to support the residents of Ojai Tent Town with a nutritious hot meal every night of the week with the community's help—and we are on our way there!

Sign up here to drop off and/or serve a hot nutritious meal as a one-time effort or as part of weekly/monthly volunteering—it's super easy thanks to the Meal Train website: 

https://www.mealtrain.com/trains/noddnd

Catch up on OTT: Read our past newsletters!
RSVP FOR SEPT 26TH + OTT VS. "THE STUFF" 
OTT UPDATES + UPCOMING COMMUNITY MEETING
OTT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MEETING OVERVIEW + UPDATES
NEXT STEPS + UPDATES FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SURVEY 

    Don't get left out—Sign up for our monthly-ish OTT Newsletter!

Ojai Tent Town Community Engagement Survey: Results + Meeting

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Saint Francis Challenge received funding from the City of Ojai to support co-living, on-site operations, resident and neighborhood wellness, and community-integration for the City Hall Tent Encampment. Our first activities have focused on soliciting feedback from residents of the tent encampment, service providers, and community members.

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SURVEY RESULTS: STATISTICS & THEMES
  • Types of Outreach: Mailings to all residents within 500 feet, E-mails to City E-mail list and outreach on City social media, postings on multiple Ojai-related community Facebook groups, stories in local media (Ojai Valley News and The Little Valley Blog)
  • ​Who took the survey: 161 City of Ojai residents completed the survey—38 of whom live within 500 feet of City Hall. An additional 80 Residents in Ventura County took the survey (not included in presentation data.
  • Who attended the July 30th Community Engagement Meeting: The first OTT Community Engagement meeting was a great success, with 30 members of the larger community in attendance, 8 OTT residents, Mayor Betsy Stix, Council Member Leslie Rule

Ojai Tent Town Community Engagement in the News:

​Survey Feedback presented at the Tuesday July 30th Community Engagement Meeting:

View the entire slide deck presentation for the July 30 2024 OTT Community Engagement Meeting:

Resident Steward Model + Ojai City Hall Tent Encampment

Starting on July 1st, 2024, Saint Francis Challenge Founder/Director—Amy Farah Weiss (aka Ames)—will live and work on-site at the City Hall Tent Encampment in the role of "Lead Resident Steward" until December 31st 2024. Working in collaboration with City staff (including the Ojai City Manager and Homeless Services Coordinator), Case Managers from Help of Ojai, the Ojai Police/Sheriff's Department and other key stakeholder government and nonprofit organizations, and volunteers, the Lead Resident Steward will provide additional structure, engagement, and support for tent encampment residents, as well as engagement opportunities and activities for community members who have concerns about and/or wish to support the tent encampment.

Questions? Contact [email protected]

OTT Resident Steward Model featured in local blog—Read all about it!

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